What’s maddening re:Israel-Iran is that there was a deal in place and Trump chose to rip it apart. Now we’re on the brink of nuclear warfare started by a politician willing to sacrifice its own population, innocent Iranians and US troops to retain his own power.

🤖💡 Are LLMs really developing social behaviors—or just reproducing familiar patterns from training? In our new paper, @pettertornberg.com and I take a closer look at recent claims of emergent conventions in AI and offer a different perspective... 🧵

We at MSF have repeatedly raised the point that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is a political decision, not a logistical issue. It has been active policy of Isr govt to manipulate aid for its war aims. The US is complicit in this systematic blockade of life-saving aid.

The Trump administration has halted all interview appointments abroad with foreign citizens who want student or exchange visas. The State Dept. says it needs to expand scrutiny of applicants' social media. It's unclear how long the halt will last. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

Today, Rohingya seeking asylum are still being beaten, extorted, and left to die, while the violence and repression pushing them from their homes has surged.

My @hrw.org colleagues, Shayna Bauchner and @nadiahardman.bsky.social comment:

thediplomat.com/2025/05/10-y...

This is extremely significant. Former 🇮🇱 Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (2006-9) wrote in a May 22 Haaretz op-ed that Israel is:

🔴 intentionally waging a war of annihilation
🔴 premeditatedly adopting a policy of starvation
🔴 massacring civilians
🔴 making declarations of genocide

A thread:

“Cruelty seems to be a design feature of the Trump administration’s policies rather than an unintended consequence,” writes Jenny Gordon in The Interpreter.
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/diminishing-us-exceptionalism

A reminder that ideology transcends the vanguard

Let’s hope this is true.

Sources in Iraq told Al-Hadath that 'serious efforts' are being made to secure the release of Tsurkov, a dual Israeli-Russian citizen ■ Reports say Tsurkov will be released in exchange for prisoners in Iraq

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Singapore’s Changi airport has been ranked the best in the world. Nearly 50 million travelers pass through Changi’s four terminals annually. Now it adds a fifth mega-terminal. It can operate even in a pandemic www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tjt...

"The NBER paper comes on the heels of other indications suggesting that AI’s potential, while tremendous, has been vastly overstated in the media and the market."

But they're doing the exact overstatement here with the phrase "while tremendous."

fortune.com/2025/05/18/a...

In Gaza, hospitals have collapsed. Babies ran out of formula. Clean drinking water is gone. Meanwhile, trucks filled with aid are waiting idle by the border. Instead of trying to do a Gaza real estate deal, Trump should press the Netanyahu government to open aid routes & stop starving Palestinians.